u/Leather_Positive_588

Hey everyone,

I've been digging into poultry feed lately, trying to actually understand where things go wrong before I build anything not just take it from industry reports.

Would love to hear from anyone running a farm any size, though I'm especially curious to talk to people running bigger operations

1.What's the most frustrating part of your feed situation right now — cost, consistency, availability, nutrition, or something else?

2.Roughly what are you paying per kg (or per bird cycle), and how much has that moved in the last year or two?

3.Ever dealt with inconsistent quality, contamination, or feed that just didn't perform the way it should?

4.Tried any alternative protein sources, like insect meal or algae? What happened?

5.Is there anything that would make you switch suppliers immediately if it existed?

Not selling anything here — genuinely just trying to learn from people who deal with this daily. If you're running something bigger, I'd love to jump on a quick call — feel free to DM me.

Thanks so much, really appreciate any insight!

I'm a 20 year old student interested in startups, biotechnology, sustainability, and building things from scratch.

Right now, I'm exploring ideas around Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae, organic waste management, and converting waste into valuable products. I have a direction I'm interested in, but I don't want to build it alone or assume I know everything from the beginning.

So I'm looking to connect with people who are interested in actually building and experimenting, not just discussing ideas.

You could be:

- A bioengineer / biotechnology student or professional

- An experienced developer or engineer

- Someone working in agriculture, aquaculture, animal feed, or waste management

- A startup founder or someone interested in becoming a co-founder

- A student who wants to work on a real-world project

- Someone who has knowledge or experience that could help turn an idea into a working product

You don't need to have everything figured out.

If you're willing to learn, put in consistent time, do the research, test things, and work through the problems together.

I'm not looking for people who just want to exchange ideas and disappear.

If you want to build something interesting—or you've been thinking about a problem you'd like to solve—DM me.

Maybe we can find something worth building together.

Hi,

I'm Emil, running a startup called Bioloop in Kochi with a small team. We're building around converting organic food waste through Black Soldier Fly into useful products—animal feed, protein, oil, fertilizer. Early stage, still figuring a lot out.

Here's the thing though—we're not just looking for people to hear the pitch. We need people who actually want to build this with us. Whether that's helping us figure out the technical side, navigating manufacturing and operations, understanding the market better, or pushing on business development.

We're open to different types of involvement depending on what makes sense—mentoring, active collaboration, working on specific projects, or even joining the team if there's a good fit.

If you've actually built something in biotech, agriculture, waste management, animal feed, or anything adjacent—or if you just have serious expertise in bioprocessing, insect farming, B2B sales, manufacturing—I'd like to hear from you. Even just to learn from what you've done.

Happy to chat more about what we're working on.

DM me if you're interested or think you know someone who should talk to us.

Thanks,

Emil

Hi,

I'm Emil, a student founder working on a startup in Kochi called Bioloop. We're using Black Soldier Fly larvae to convert organic waste into multiple useful products—animal feed, insect oil, fertilizer (frass), and we're also exploring higher-value extracts like chitin and chitosan.

We're still figuring out a lot of the technical details—how to optimize the feedstock, get better growth rates, improve harvesting and processing, and develop the extraction workflows for chitin and chitosan. So we're trying to build a network of people who actually know what they're doing with BSF and downstream processing.

If you've worked hands-on with Hermetia illucens—whether you're researching it, farming it commercially, or have experience with protein extraction, lipid processing, or chitin/chitosan applications—I'd genuinely like to hear about it. We're talking to researchers, students, farmers, engineers, whoever has real experience in these areas.

We're specifically interested in finding someone who might want to advise us or collaborate on the technical side, or potentially be part of the project long-term.

If this sounds like something you've worked on or thought about, would love to connect. DM me or just reply here.

Thanks,

Emil

Hi,

I'm a founder working on BIOLOOP, a Black soldier fly (BSF) startup based in Kochi. We're converting organic food waste into protein, oil, and fertilizer using Black Soldier Fly larvae.

We're still early and working through the technical side—understanding processing requirements, product formulations, and what actually works at scale. Right now we're a small team and we're trying to build the right network.

If you work in bioprocess engineering, insect biotech, protein/oil extraction, fermentation, feed technology, waste bioconversion, or anything related—we'd love to connect. We're looking for people who might be interested in advising, collaborating on research, or potentially joining us down the line.

Even if it's not a fit for you, if you know someone doing work in this space, a recommendation would mean a lot.

Happy to chat about what we're building.

Thanks,

Emil

I think black soldier fly(BSF) is a good alternative to fish meal